


- G?y 




HOW TO OBTAIN 



PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 



IN THE 



City of St. Louis. 



WRITTEN BY 



F. L. STEMME. 



SuPT. Street Department. 



Press of R & T. a. Ennif Stationlrv Co., St. Louis 



COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR. 




Class ^^74 

Book SzSsz 



HOW TO OBTAIN 

Public Improvements 



■IN THE- 



, - CITY OF ST. LOUIS. 



Written by F. L. SteMME, Supt. Street Department. 



/ 
COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR. 



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St. Louis, July, 1892. 

The result sought to be accomplished in this 
pamphlet is to make property owners, real 
estate dealers, builders and the public in general 
acquainted with the method r)f how to obtain 
public improvements. 

As our great and beloved city has progressed 
so rapidly within the past fifteen years, an in- 
structor like this has long been required, and 
believing that the interest of the property owners 
will be greatly benefitted, it is my intention in 
offering the following, to be instrumental in guid- 
ing those whoare yet unaware as to the ways and 
means by which public improvements are pro- 
cured in this city. 

Beinu confident that this book will accomplish 
its mission of usefulness, 1 am. 

Respectfully yours, 




F. L. STEfflME, 

Superintendent Street Department. 







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MAYOR E. A. NOONAN. 




Boulevard as proposed by Street Commissioner Murphy. Drawn by F. L, Stemme. 




CYRUS P. WALBRIDGE, 
President of the Council. 



Street Commissioner's Office, ) 
July i6th, 1892. 5 
1 have examined carefully the circular letter prepared by Mr. Stemme directing the proper 
proceedinjis in obtaining certain matters provided for in the Ordinances and relating to the 
improvement of streets, alleys, etc., and heartily recommend it to the consideration of those who 
may desire accurate and thorough information regarding the matters referred to. Mr. Stemme's 
long experience as Superintendent of one of the divisions of the Street Department has given him 
an opportunity to study carefully the provisions of the Ordinances relating to the matters in ques- 
tion, and 1 am satisfied that if his suggestions are considered, and his directions followed, the 
property owners and tax payers will be greatly benefitted thereby. There is no other publication 
containing the information that has been collected and collatfd by Mr. Stemme, and he deserves a 
great deal of credit for his work in this direction. 

M. J. Murphy, Street Commissioner. 



Fo SCHi^liEK'^ i WM. RUSSELL ALLEN . C LflUS VIETH8. 

I RLLEN 5 



DEALER IN 



Hardware 
^^Xutlery 

Paint, Glass, 

builders' supplies, 
Farm Implements 

AND 

Tar and Roofing Felt. 

^ 1$) til ® 

Jefferson Avenue and Victor Street 

NOS. 2505 AND 2507 SOUTH. 



iZIETHS 



J iVo. 1*?*1 South Fr>iirth Strcc^t. 



Southern Hotel Building, 



ST. LOUIS. 

de^eral Qo9(:raetor5 



. • ■ FOR • • ■ 

GRANITE, WOOD 
AND OTHER 
PAVEMENTS, 

Street Railroads, Water Works, Etc. 



OPENING A STREET OR ALLEY. 

There are two ways of opening a street or alley, first, by dedication and second by the 
so-called condemnation process. 

When property owners see the necessity to open a street, either for public convenience 
or in order to make their property more valuable and to brin.y it on the market, they may dedicate 
a strip of ground to public use as a street or alley. This is done in the following manner : 

After conckiding unanimously to give up their property without any compensation, the 
property owners will submit to the Board of Public Improvements a map (a tracing not to exceed 
21 .\ 34 inches) upon which the proposed street or alley is distinctly outlined, with a pledge affixed 
to same, similar to the following : 

" We, the undersigned property owners, hereby agree to dedicate to public use forever a 
strip of land sixty feet wide, as shown on the above map to be used as a street." 

(Acknowledgment of Notary Public.) (Seals.) 

This map is placed before the Board of Public Improvements for approval. If said Board 
gives the matter a favorable consideration and accepts the dedication, two copies (blue prints) of 
the dedication map are made, one is retained at the Street Commissioner's office for file, one is 
sent to the office of the Recorder of Deeds to be recorded, and the original map is returned to the 
owners. After the matter has been recorded the street becomes a public highway. 



WM. H. HARTLEY 
THOS. J. WARD. 

WARD & HARTLEY, 

Contractors and Builders of Brick Work, 

No. ';o6 Olive Street, Room 18, 
ST. LOUIS, MO. 



-«cgi 



WE HAVE BUILT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, 

THE NEW UNION DEPOT, 
^Mr ^ THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 

AND THE NEW CITY HALL. 






OPENING A STREET BY ORDINANCE. 

Should property owners not be willing to dedicate, they may petition for the opening of a 
street or alley under ordinance. Printed forms of such petitions can be obtained at the officeof the 
Street Commissioner. The petition should read similar to the following : 

■" We, the undersigned property owners in the vicinity of Kings highway hereby petition 
your honorable Board to designate a day upon which it will consider the opening of Esther avenue 
from Kings highway to Union avenue, and to recommend to the Municipal Assembly an ordinance 
for said opening." 

This petition is circulated among the property owners to obtain their signatures, then it 
is submitted to the Board of Public Improvements, there at a meeting of said Board it is read 
before the members, signed by the President of said Board, numbered and referred to the Street 
Commissioner who will in due time have a map prepared, a preliminary survey made in order to 
show whether and how improvements, if any, would be effected by the contemplated opening. 
Then the matter may be advertised for a public hearing, and the property owners, by this adver- 
tisement, are invited to appear before the Board of Public Improvements on a certain day mentioned 
in the publication. 

The Street Commissioner, however, may place the matter before the Board and submit 
an ordinance without notifying the property owners thereof, if he chooses, if the Board recom- 



SKRAINKA^ 

CONSTRUCTION | 
——COMPANY, I 

\General Contractors, | 

404 MARKET ST. Room 30S. \ 



ST. LOUIS, ]\IO. 



GRANITE QUARRIES -LIMESTONE QUARRIES. 1 



MARTIN WIPFLER, 

AND . ■ . 

4830 L7TBHDIE H3ZENUE, 

St. Couis, fC[o , 



Granite, Wood and Limestone Pavements, 

Public and Private Sewers, Heavy Masonry. { JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 




Soeaker of the House of Delegates. 



mends the opening, an ordinance will be drawn up in the Street Department and referred to the 
Board, said Board will submit the ordinance to the Municipal Assembly. After the ordinance lias 
been passed by the Council and House of Delegates and ten days after the Mayor has approved 
same it becomes a law. Then the Street Commissioner has a complete survey made of said street, 
has the building lines properly defined upon the ground and a map constructed showing all 
obstructions. Meantime, the titles of the respective properties effected by the opening are investi- 
gated and the Law Department, under the supervision of the City Counselor, will carry on the 
legal proceedings. 

Commissioners will be appointed by the Court to appraise the value of the property 
involved, and will determine what compensations said owners who relinquish their property shall 
receive, and who shall pay said compensations, or, in brief, will fix the benefits and damages. For 
this purpose a set of maps is furnished by the Street Commissioner showing a certain area sur- 
rounding the street in question. 

The Commissioners will establish a district in which property owners are assessed ; 
there are no limits as to the dimensions of said district, this is left entirely to the judgment of said 
Commissioners. Finally, after all damages are paid, the street is considered a public highway. 
It may, however, take a year or longer before the matter is settled. 

hi the opening of an alley, the ta.xation cannot extend beyond the block in which the 
alley is located. 



A. H. KANSTEINER I iTrrEL&CTTMQ 




leal Kstiitc 



^usxvviiucc 



PLynBER5 



riotitVH 2'\ibUc • 



No. 4022 New Manchester Road given to all 



PERSONAL ATTENTION 

GIVEN 

WORK 



SECRETARY 

Rock Spring Loan and Building Associations 

Nos. I and 2. 



SATISFACTION 
GUARANTEED 



'fKiClS Kl/^SOM/^lLi 




STREET COMMISblONER M. J, MURPHY. 



REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS. 

Whenever a street or an alley which has been duly dedicated or established by law as 
above mentioned, has not been opened, or is in any way or manner obstructed, the Street Com- 
missioner may, upon his own motion or at the request of any person interested therein, inform 
the Board of Public improvements thereof, and if said Board finds that said opening or removal of 
obstructions is desirable as a matter of public convenience or necessity, he will give the City 
Counselor information thereof in writing, which shall be accompanied by a plat showing such 
obstructions or encroachments to be removed. 

Upon the receipt of such information and plat, the City Counselor will forward to the 
City Marshal a written order signed by the Mayor and himself to enforce the law. The City 
Marshal will give the owners fronting upon said obstructions at least five days' notice in writing, 
to the effect tliat if said obstructions are not removed upon the expiration of flu- time men.tioned 
in said notice, that the same will be removed by him at the expense of such owners. The 
Ma\'oi, however, has the authority of granting a stay of execution, and property owners may 
apply to him for same. 



O'FALLON I 
PARK #-- 
PLACE 



THE HOST 
BEAUTIFUL 
HOME SITE 
IN THE 
NORTH END. 



High AltitLKie. Magnificent Location. 
Adjoining Beautiful O'Fallon Park on the 
south. Building restrictions a feature. 
Full street improvements to be made at 
once. 

For particulars and terms, apply to 

J. H. GUNDLACH & CO. 

3715 NORTH BROADWAY. 

OPPOSITE POWER HOUSE. ..^.^ 



HENRY E. LEWIS. 



CYRUS HALL. 



^ LeWI5 6^ HflLL, 



Investigators of Titles 

. • ■ TO • ■ • 

REAL ESTATE, 

CONyEYHNCERS, Etc. 

714 CHESTNUT STREET, 

._ ST. LOUIS, MO. 



TM/^£ irifcsr ff£Pr 




Boulevard as proposed by Street Commissioner Murphy. Drawn by F. L. Stemme. 



GRADES OF STREETS AND ALLEYS. 

The grades of streets and alleys are fixed in the Street Commissioner's office and are 
established by the Municipal Assembly. 

The proposed and established grades can always be procured from the profiles in the 
Street Department. 

If property owners should desire to have a grade changed they must petition the Board of 
Public hiiprovemeiits for said change. 

SEWERS. 

Sewers are constructed at the request of the Board of Health, or in response to petitions 
from property owners. 

The Sewer Commissioner will, with the approval of the Board and Municipal Assembly, 
establish a district in which, sewers are to be constructed. 

Every property owner in the established district is compt-lled to help to pay for the con- 
struction of the sewers in said district ; he is ta.xed according to the area of the property he pos- 
sesses in the district and not per front foot as in street improvements. 

In reference to the payment of special tax bills, see method under the heading of street and 
alley improvements, in this pamphlet. 



EPHRON CATLIN. PreST. 



J. H. WYETH. ViCE-PREST, 



^ 






^ 



f ay Qas pixtdre <?o. 

Gas and Electric Fixtures, 



1126 OLIVE STREET, 



Telephone 4192. 



No. 5 N. Second Street, 
ST. LOUIS, MO 

, DIRECT IMPORTER OF 



ST. LOUIS. MO. 



EUGENE A. JONES, Secretiry and Treasurer. j 






Altering from Gas to Connbination and Electric « Sole Agent for St. Loms of the " PORTA," Key Brand. 

I And for tfie United States of the " BONN," Arrow Brand. 



A SPECIALTY. 



CITY WATER. 

Water pipes are laid hy the city on demand of tJie property owners free of cost to them. 

Owners of property must submit petitions to the Board of Public improvements, these 
petitions are referred to the Water Commissioner. 

The lavini^ of said pipes, however, must also be recommended by the Board and sanc- 
tioned by ordinance. 

STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT. 

The first step the property owners will have to take to get a street or alley improved, is 
to petition for said improvement. Blank petitions are furnished by the Street Commissioner. 
The petition must bear the signatures of persons owning property abutting the respective street or 
alley. Signatures of lessees are not considered. This petition is submitted to the Board of Public 
Improvements, numbered and referred to the Street Commissioner with the signature of the 
President of the Board affi.ved upon it. All petitions are considered in their numerical order unless 
the Street Commissioner finds it necessary to consider it sooner. 

When such petition is to be taken up by the Board for consideration, the Street Commis- 
sioner will have a map constructed of said street or alley, showing the abutting property thereon; 
the assessed valuation of the property is obtained, a levelment of the street or alley is made and 



H. A. KRUEQER, 



ST. LOUIS 



PEGISTEREL 



■\ 



'plcjmbep i SIDEWALK CO. 



AND 



DR/qiNL/ITER, 



-GHSFITTING, 



S. VON PHUL, PROPRIETOR. 



1201 O'FALLON ST., and 
1301-3 N. TWELFTH ST. 



St. Louis. Mo. 



I 3404 LiNDELL Ave. ^'^'-^^sf' 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



ESTIMATES ON PLANS CHEERFULLY FURNISHED, t •'■ Artificial StoiiL' Flagging,' a Spei:iaity. 



after an estimate of the improvement has been prepared, the Board ot Public Improvements will 
select a day upon which the petition will be considered. 

The matter is advertised in the official papers, both in English and German, for two 
weeks. The day and hour being named in the publication and all interested property owners are 
invited to appear before said Board on such day and hour as designated. 

All grading and crosswalks are paid for by the city, the remainder of the improvement is 
paid for by the property owners fronting on said street or alley. 

As property owners can only be compelled to pay 25% of the assessed valuation of their 
property, it occurs very often where this assessed value is too low, that the Board will recommend 
the improvement with the proviso that within sixty days the owners shall signify their willing- 
ness to pay the amount in e.xcess of 25% of the assessed valuation. 

AN EXAMPLE. 

Suppose the assessed valuation of the property is $8.00 a front foot, 25% of this would be 
$2.00; now, if the improvement of the street would cost $4.00 per front foot, there would be an 
excess of $2.cx3 on each foot. Therefore, a person being the owner of 50 feet frontage would have 
to pay 50 times ^2.00, equal $100.00 as a special tax, and 50 times $2.00, equal $100.00 he has 
to pay voluntarily, he pays then at the rate of $4.00 per front foot for the improvement of the 
street. If the Board decides that the property owners shall pay the so-called excess, notices are 
sent out requesting them to declare their willingness within 60 days to pay said amount. If said 



WM. H. DERBY, 

^ CflRPENTER „ 
!!«; BUILDER. 



G. Eyermann, Jr. I Go. 

C^ofi tractor St 

AND BUILDERS OF SEWERS AND ALL KINDS OF 
STREET AND ALLEY PAVEMENTS. 



STORE FITTING AND JOBBING 

PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



SHOP,. 



Ill N. TENTH ST. 



§1. C0U1&, Mo. 



. . OWNERS OF . . 

Mt. Pleasant and Chouteau Ave. Quarries. 

Office, 22 NORTH FOURTH ST. 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 




Boulevard as proposed by Street Commissioner Murphy. Drawn by F. L. Stemme. 



owners conclude to pay the excess they may submit the following agreement to the Board of 
Public Improvements. 

"We, the undersigned owners of property fronting on Grand avenue, hereby agree to 
pay the sum of ^5,000.00, this being the amount in excess of 25% of the assessed valuation, 
toward the improvement of said Grand avenue between Arsenal street and Cherokee street." 

(Seals) 

After this agreement has been submitted, an ordinance is written out in the Street Com- 
missioner's office and submitted by the Board to the Municipal Assembly. 

After said ordinance has been passed and is approved by the Mayor the property owners 
are again granted twenty days to deposit the amount in question. Should they fail to do this 
within the stated time the ordinance becomes null and void and the interested property owners 
would have to petition again in order to obtain said improvement. 

If all these requirements have been complied with, the work can, after having been duly 
advertised, be let to the lowest bidder. 

The work is done under the supervision of the Street Commissioner. 

After its completion the improvement will be measured, a diagram made and submitted to 
the Special Tax Department, where the actual rate per front foot will be ascertained and the pro- 
perty will be assessed as to the amounts which have to be paid as a special tax, the bills are issued 
and submitted to the Comptroller from whom the contractor can obtain them to collect his money. 




J. G. JOYCE, Jr. J. G. JOYCE, J. T. DODDS. W. J. JOYCE. 

J. Q. J0TCE6r50MJ 

CITT SMRVETORS 

•II- 

WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THOSE 
CONTEMPLATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF 
RAILROADS. SEWERS. WATER OR GAS WO^KS : 
ALSO THOSE IN NEED OF PLANS, SPECIFICA- 
TIONS. EXPERT EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS 
OF ENGINEERING WORKS. 

720 CHESTNUT STRKET 

ST. LOUIS. 



The owners are granted thirty days' grace, after the expiration of said time the amounts 
will bear interest at the rate of io% per annum, and if not paid within six months after present- 
ation, then at the rate of 15% per annum. Sliould the bill remain unpaid, the debt becomes a lien 
upon the property, same as a mechanic's lien. The bills after having been paid should be 
taken to the Comptroller's office to be cancelled from the books. 

PERMIT FOR STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT. 

Owing to small appropriations made by the Municipal Assembly for street and alley 
improvements, it occurs frequently that property owners, if they are willing to pay for the grading 
and crosswalks, which otherwise would be paid for by the city, improve a public highway privately, 
this is done under a permit procured from the Board of Public Improvements. 

The work is done under the supervision of the Street Department. 

Permits for sidewalk's can also be obtained from the Board. 

For grading, said Board can issue a permit at the recommendation of the Street Commis- 
sioner, but the applicant must make a deposit of not less than $250.00 and file a bond of ;? 500.00, 
this is done to hold said applicants responsible for all damages that should be caused by said 
grading. 

The deposited amount will be refunded as soon as the work is completed to the satisfac- 
tion of the Street Commissioner. 



c 



ENTAUR LIME COMPANY, 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 



LIME, SAND, CEMENTS, | 
PLASTER 

AND 

BUILDING MATERIAL IN GENERAL. 

OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE. 

No. 3852 MANCHESTER ROAD, 

Near Corner of Vandeventer Avenue. 



w. LY©: 

GRHmTE 
i COMPOSITION • STONE. 



Sidewalks, Curbing and Guttering, 
Brewery Floors and Flagging. 



ESTIMATES FURNISHED.- 



1007 Chestnut Street, 



Telephone 1774. 



St. Louis, Mo. 



ST. LOUIS. 



REMONSTRANCE. 

Remonstrance against any opening or improvement of a street or alley must be sub- 
mitted to the Board of Public Improvements in due time so it can be considered with the petition 
the same time. 

STREET AND ALLEY REPAIRS. 

The carriage-ways of the streets are maintained and kept in repairs by the city. Side- 
wali<s and alley pavements are maintained and repaired by the abutting property owners, who 
are taxed in the same manner as in the construction of a street. 

RECONSTRUCTION. 

When a street or alley is reconstructed the owners of property fronting said reconstruc- 
tion can only be taxed 25'/ ut the assessed valuation. 

STREET AND ALLEY LIGHTING. 

Electric lights are procured by applying to the Board of Public Improvements. 
Blank applications are furnished by the Supervisor of City Lighting, whose office is in 
the City Hall. 



A. T. BOND, 

PRESIDENT 



THEO. D. KALBFELL, 

SEC'Y AND TREAS. 



F. A. KANSTEINER, 



f\. J. B09d 



— DEALER IN- 






SANITARY PLUMBING AND 



SEWERING. 



Hardware and Cutlery 

BUILDIN-G MATERIAL, 
I Mechanics' Tools, 



J 



Farming Implements, Etc. 



(jas ai^d ^leetriq pixtures. j 

ESTIMATES | 

CHEERFULLY GIVEN. t 

♦ 

I 

2012 E/15T QR/IND flVENVlE : 



1008 Market Street, 

Telephone 1185. Bet. loth and nth Sts. 

ST. LOUIS. 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



AREAS OF THE VARIOUS CITY LIMITS. 

Territory within Limits of 1S39 477-5 acres, or 0.75 square miles [excluding tlie River]. 

" " •' 1S41 2,865.10 " 4.4S " " " 

ifi^S 8,923.25 '• 13 94 

" " " 1S70 11,504.75 " 17. 98 " " " 

" " " 1876 39,27625 " 61.37 " " " 

DISTANCES, 
t. Length of River Front... 1915 miles 

2. " Western City Limits 2127 " 

3. " City from extreme North to South (air line) 17.00 " 

4. " " " ■' East to West " 6.6i " 

HEIGHT OF CITY DIRECTRIX above mean tide of the Gulf of Mexico, as determined by the Missis- 
sippi River Commission, is 412.71 feet. 

[.\s observed at the foot of Market Street.] 

HIGIIE.ST STAGE OF RIVER— June 27th, 1S44 7. 58 feet above City Directrix 

STAGE OF RIVER— June loth, I.S5I 2.S0 " " 

" " June 15th, 185S 3.30 '• " " 

" " June 26th, 1SS3 0.99 " '• '■ 

" " May 20th, 1S92 2.19 " '• '■ 

LOWEST STAGE OF RIVER— December 2ist, 1S63 33.81 " below '• 

STAGE OF RIVER— December 27th, 1S60 33.21 '■ " " 

DIFFERENCE between highest and lowest stage of River 4' 39 feet 



$26 to Sss a Square, with Ten Years' Guarantee 



David McCormick, 

AGENT, 

201, 202 AND 203 Hagan Opera House. 

ST LOUIS OFFJCE OF THE COMPANY: 

803 AND 804 Odd Fellows Building. 

Telephone 4170 




Has Laid Asphalt Pavement, in Fourteen Years, in Thirtythree Cities of the Union, 
on 857 Streets, 500 Miles, or 6,500,000 Square Yards. 



Lake Asphalt 



•i|r 



Lake Asphalt 



The Standard Pavement of America. 



It is the ideal pavement of modern times. 
It is no lont;er an experiment. 
E.xperience has estabiisiied its superidrity. 
It has in fifteen years raised the streets of 

Wasliinyton and Buffalo from the poorest 

to the best in the United States. 
It will raise the streets of any city that uses 

it to the same high grade. 
It is the only pavement that will do it. 
It is the only perfect sanitary pavement. 
It enhances the value of abutting property 

as much as it improves the city using it. 



It is the most durable smmith pavement, and 
the sm(.)0thest of durable pavements. 

It is almost noiseless ; the horses' hoofs 
make a slight click as they touch the 
surface, but the wheels of vehicles make 
no perceptible sound. 

Considering all the elements that enter into 
the construction and use of a pavement — 
its cost, durability, smootliness, cleanli- 
ness and safety, the TRINIDAD ASPHALT 
Pavement is the best and cheapest pave- 
ment that has ever been laid. 

It is the only pavement which, in this 



country, can to-day show 500 miles of 
■ surface in first-class order. 
Asphalt is not slippery when dry or when 

very wet, if free from mud. Mud renders 

all pavements slippery. 

THE ROAD IS THE CREATION 

OF MAN AND A TYPE OF ^ % 

CIVILIZED SOCIETY 



The recorded accidents among 61,000 horses 
passing over Madison Avenue, New York, 
in four weeks, during the year 1891, were 
FOUR falls on the TRINIDAD ASPHALT 

Pavement. 

the trinidad asphalt pave- 
p ment is the greatest 

boon to civilization. 



INCONTESTABLE FACTS: 



1. No Asphalt pavement laid by this 
Company in the United States has ever 
been replaced by another form of pavement. 

2. This Company has taken up other 
pavements and replaced them with pure 
Trinidad Asphalt to the following e.xtent: 

Wood, - - - 499,464 sq. yds. 
Stone, - - - 761,304 " 
iWacadam, - - - 652,922 " 



3. This Company has laid its Trinidad 
Asphalt upon Macadam and Stone Blocks to 
the following e.xtent : 

Upon old Macadam 

Foundations, 
Upon old Stone Block 

Foundations, 



147,358 sq. yds. 
127,167 " 
274,525 sq. yds. 



Total, 



1,913,690 sq. yds. 



Total, 

4. It is the easiest pavement repaired, 
and does not interfere with the traffic while 
undergoing repairs. 



T. H. Macklind, Engineer of Recon- 
struction, St. Louis, says : 

"This Asphalt Pavement, laid on Pine Street by 
The Barber Asphalt Paving Company, in 1883, is 
now in good condition, after a test of eight years, 
under a mixed traffic of 4,500 vehicles in twelve 
hours. This form of pavement, as laid in St. Louis, 
all points considered, stands in the front rank." 

Commissioner Gilroy, of New York- 
City-, in his annual report, says: 

■' The demand for more Asphalt Pavements from 
the public and property owners is so great that if 
their wishes were complied with there would be no 
other kind of pavement laid than Asphalt." 



Cost to property owners, §26.00 to $33.00 
per square of 100 superficial feet, with ten 
years' guarantee. 

At the end of this period the Company is 
prepared to take niaintenance contracts for 
a further term of years at an e.\treniely low 
price per year. 

hi this manner the rapid deterioration of 
pavements which are not kept in order is 
avoided, and a system is presented under 
which taxpayers can secure smooth and 
attractive roadways at all times during a 
long term of years. 



Respectfully submitted, 



CORRESPONDENCE AND 

CONSULTATIONS SOLICITED, 



^ii^ i^<xriAK.^ Sii^nxtt SPcuyiyia, *^a. 



PECKHAM'S 




GQlisapTop 
Bitters 

A WORLD BEATER. 



For Indigestion, Dyspepsia, 
Malaria, Constipation and 
diseases arisint^; from an 
impaired constitution. 

For sale by the trade gen- 
erally. i^l.OO per bottle. 

Special inducements to 
large consumers. 



Q. F. FECKHfln 

MANUFACTURER. 

115 N. Sixth Street. 



ESTABLISHED 1859. 



R. & T. A. ENNI5 

STATIONERY COHPANY 

Stationers, Printers 
Lithographers 
Blank Book Makers 

1 18 *!!£ 120 OLIVE STREET, 



Ennis Building - 



ST. LOUIS. 



@t. 8oiii§, Suli 1892. 

Sn 9InbetrQcf)t be§ fcfmellen 3!BQd)st()uni§ unfercr ©tabt, erluube icft mir bem 
^tefigen ^Publitum, befoiiberS ©rmibbefi^erii, in biefer 23roct|iire turg ju ertmren, nuf 
mldte JBeife man offentlic^e Serbefferungen erlongt unb an luelcfte ScpartementS ber 
ftabtifc^en JBermoItung man fic^, 3ur griangung folcfier Serbefferungcn, jn menben ^at. 

3nbem id) iDunf(i)c, bafe bicfc 3eilen if)rcn 3roccf evfiiflen, ucrbleibe id) 

2lc{)tung6DoII, 



0cfnung von Stm^cn ttnJ> ^taffen (Alleys). 

Sine ©tra&e ober ©afje fonn ouf jmei Cerfrfiicbene ffieifen ju ciiiem 6ffentlicf)en SBeife^rsroege gemaijt 
roerOen; erftcnS biird) ©cfienfuiig be§ tictreffenbcii SnnbcS on ^ie ©tabt unb jiceitcnS buret) boS fogcnatiiite 
6onbeninatioii§oerfaf)ren. SBcnn ©nnibci9ciitl)iiincr eineS gcroiftcn S&cileS ber ©tabt e§ fiir jmcdmdfeig 
era^ten, urn bcit 9Bert^ ifires (Sjrunbbcfmcs ju er()o()cn obcr aui) sum Seften be§ ^ublituiii§ eine <£trii§c gu 
effnen, fo niufi'en fie bcm iRat^e fur Bffentlicf)e !8crbc[ferungen eine Siark, bie eine ®r6fee Don 21x34 3dII 
nid)t iiberfteigt unb melc^e bie frojectirte ©tra&e jcigt, Dorlcgen. 

3ugleid) milffen fid) bie detreffenben gigent^iimer ouf bcrfelben ^arte fc^riftlii^ Derbinb(icf) niad)en t>a§ 
ouf berfelbeu, jmifc^en ben ficibeu lirojcctirten ©tro&enlinien befinblidie 2nnb ouf immer, o^ne )fglid)e 
gntfd&abigung on bie ©tabt objutreten, refpcctiDe gu f(^enten. 



Stefe ©djentiingSformel foUte unqefiiftr folgenbcrmafeen louten : 

SSir, bie iinterjeictjneten ®runbei9cnfl)umcr, ocrpfliciiteii uit§ Ijiennit ben ©treifeii i'an&e§, mcldjer auf 
oBigcv .Q'artc nngegeben ift, fiir immev nl§ offcntIid)eii i>atel)rgmeg an bie ©tabt 311 fc^cnten. Saiiii folgen 
bie Untcvfdiriften ber betreffenbeii SefiBer. 

SBivb bie ©djenfuiig angenoniincii, fo tnerben jwei (Jopien tion ber ©cbicntioiistntie 9eniQcf)t Don benen 
eine in bem Sureou be§ ©trofjen^goniniiprg bleibi unb cine wad) bcm Urfunbcnanite (Recorder's Office) 
gefanbt roirb, urn bie ©d)cnhing cii'sutragen. 3ft bn§ Sc^tere gefc^efjen, fo mirb bie bctreffenbe ©trafee 
gefej^Iid^ jum 6ffentlid)en Serte^rStoege unb tann bem 'ipublitum erbffnet morbcn. 2)ie OriginaUarte toirb 
ben (Sigent^iimern loieber juriicfcrftattet. 

^cffnuttfi ctner ^trafjc burtfj gonbcmnatiott. 

©oKten bie ©runbbefi^er ni^t toiUcng fein, bie obcn bcfprod)ene ©tva^e oI)nc gntfcfidbignng absutreten, 
fo fonnen fie, urn biefelbe bennod) ju einem 6ffcntlid)en 23ertcl)r§iDege ju niod&en, eine Don ben intcrcffirten 
©ruubbcfij^crn unterfd)ricbene ^petition an ben Siot^ fiir iiffentlidje Serbefferungen rid&ten. ©cbrudle 
gormulave fiir biefen !S^ved liJnnen ftc{§ in bent ©tra6en=®epartement criangt merben. 



5)ie ^13etitioii lautet: 

^ .f,T''«' ""f *;;*"^f ®^""^^i'J^"<''""- - .^n,as=|,icjl,mnt, unb Umgegenb, erfuc^en ^iev.nit ben 
iRat^ fur orfentl.c^e S^erfaefferuHgcn 6f,I,cr 9lDc>me, smifdjcn fiing§=C^igI,mcn, unb Ihuon ^iDcnue, ju offneu 
unb bcm ©tablrotrje cine bie5begiig[id)c Drbinonj jii unterbreiten. 

5Jad, (Smpfang einev foId,en 'Petition t-crme.ft ber mt> biefelbc nn ben ©tru6en=6ommiffar, inelcfter 
e<ne proD,fov,fd,e l^ern.effnng t,on ber betrcffenben ©trofee n,ud,en unb eine fiarte conftvuiren Infet, u,eld,e bie 
gu entfernenben @et)aulicf)feiten u. f. m. jeigt 

Sft bies geWelK" fo ipirb, foflte e§ ber ©trafeeu.eon.nnffar fiir jmerfn.dfeig erncfiien, ber 3ul,«It ber 
^et, ,on pubhsirt unb mevben alle intereffirten @runbbefil,er in biefer 51njeige eingelnbeu on einem bo„, 
9iotI,e fur fifrentl.c^e 5Berbefferungen beftinunten 2age bor bemfelben 3U erfdje.nen unb i(,re ^JU-inungen 
tunbsugebeu. 

©oUte bie ertDal,nle Deffuung rccommcnbirt tnerben, fo tunn bem ©tablrat£)e eiue Orbinunj fur 
b.efelbe unterbreitet tnerben. 3ft bie Orbinnnj poffirt unb bo.n 3)Ja.,or uuterjeidjnet, fo lafet ber ©trafeen^ 
Somnnffar eine genaue SBermeffung ber ©trafee t,orne^men unb bu§ Mefultat biefer Sermcffuug ju papier 
bnngen inbem eine 5?arte, it)elc^e bie genauen Sinien ber ©trafee, aUe gefe^ten ©renjfteine unb bie 
berfcftiebenen ju entfernenben SBerfperrungen jeigt, nngefertigt toirb. 



^JUSftnmi uievbeii uom ©encftt (Circuit Court) 6oinmi|lare ernunnt, ipelci)c, nocftbcin bie ^aufbriefe 
(Titles) bc§ 311 CDiibcmnirenbcii gigcntljumg unterfud)t finb, ben SBert^ beffelben abfd)Q^en uiio eincn 
2)ifh-i!t etabliren in tDcId)em bie (XJrunbbcfi^er (£iitfd)Qbiauiigcii bejaljlen foQeii fiir haS jurStrafie ac^flrcnbe 
2anb. Sicfer 3)iftritt taitii je nacf) bent grmeffen bev betvcffcnben (^onimiffare au§gebe{)nt luerten. 5kc[)bem 
ba§ 8onb nnb oQe @e&aulid)teiten iuelcf)e fid) aiif bemfelben befinben bejoljlt unb bie betr. eigentl)umcr 
entfcf)Qbigt finb, mirb bie ©trofee alS bftentlid)er S3erfef)f«iceg betrQii)tet. 

23ei ber Ocffnung einer met) Unmn niir ©runbbefi^er in beni Siod in roeld^em \id) bie ^lUel) befinbet, 
gesmungen merben, (Sntfc^abigung gu bejo^Ien. 

^as fntferitcn von ^i»crfpcmtttgctt. 

me auf einer gefetjlic^ geiSffiietcn ©troBe befinblicfjen 6>ebcinlicl)feiten, 3aune, u. f. m. !6nnen, auf 
3lntrieb be§ ©trafeen^gommiffdrS ober irgenb eineS intereffirten ®vunbbe[i^er§ niit ber ©andioii beg 9tnt^e§ 
fiir bffentli^e Scrbefterungeti, cntfevnt lucrbeu. 

Dcr ©tQbt=2«ar)cf)Qa mirb benuftragt, bie @igcntl)iinier be§ ©runbftiideS roelc^eS an ober gegeniiber 
einer folcfien Serfperrung gelegen i[t, jn informiren, biefclbe nnrf) 5BerlQuf bon nicftt meniger al§ fUnf Sagen 
3U enlfernen, ttjibrigenfaQS er biefelbe auf J^oftcn ber bctrcffcnbcn Sefiticr iDcgranmcnIafjt. 

®cr mai)ox Ijat jcbod^ ha» Mec^t ben betreffenben (Sigcnll)iimcrn, auf beren Kerlangen, einen 3luffc^ub 
ju gema^ren. 



^tpcttu lion ptr(i(}cn unb 0affcn (Alleys). 

®a§ Wbeau (Grades) noii ©trnfeen unb ©offen (Alleys) mirb in beiii ©traBen=S)epariemciit beftiiiinil 
unb toirb burd) Drbinonj Dom @tabtrat£)e etoblirt. 

Me }jro|cctirteii unb etablirtcn ©robeS finb ftetS lion ben im iyureau be§ ©traBen=(5,Dniinif}dr§ 
befinblicf)cn ^rofilen crficfjtitd). 



Jlfijttfjsltattafe (Sewers). 

S)er (5'[)ef bc§ 3)rQinirnngB ^ Separtements (Sewer Department) etoblirt, niit ©enebntigung be§ 
9{alf)c§ fiir 6ffentlid)e SBerbcfferungen unb mit Sanction be§ ©tabtratt)c§, eincn 2)iftritt in mcldicm ?Ui3ug?= 
fonole erbout loerben foDen. gebodf) fann bie§ nur ouf Slnregung be§®cfunb^eit§rat;&e§ ober bnrd) petition 
Don ©runbbefi^ern eine§ fold^cn t)ij'trift§ gefd)el)en. 9tQd)bcm bie f^anaU conftruirt, refpcdice fevtig fin^, 
nuife cin jeber ©runbeigentf)umer in ocm jn brainirenben unb etoblirten S)iftritte feinen %i)dl fiir ben Sou 
biefcr (Jloaten bejal^Ien unb giuar pro rata fiir ba§ in beni Siftritte gclegene, i()ni gel)origc, ju brninireiibe 
9keoI. 



2Cafferr5^reii lucrben ebenfalls nuf ^Vtition I)in bom SRnt^e fiir offeutIid)e S8cr5c|feriingcit geneliniigt' 
Uom ©tabtrat^e fatictiouirt unb untcr bet liiffii^t be§ 9[Ba|fer=6onimiffdrg aiif Soften bcr ©tabt gclcgt. 
2)ie (Srunbbefi^er toerben bann abcr gesmungcu bie in bcr ©trofee gclcgenen 5j3riDatrfi^reii, folltcn fie fclc^e 
jur Uebermittlitng be§ biS^cr oon il^nen gebroudjten SBofferS benu^en, aufjugebeit unb birecte SBerbinbungen 
mil hen ftabtifdjcn 3ii)l)ven ju niud)en. 

^ie 2Bof)ergebii[)ren finb ^QlbJQl)rIid) beim Collector of Water rates ju entrid)tcn. 



'Sen evften ©cEiritt ben ©runbbefiticr t^un nrnffen urn ben 5^nu cincr ©trofee gu bewertftelligen iff, einc 
petition nn ben 9tat[) fiir offentIid)e Serbcifevungen gn rid)ten. ^n bicfcr '^IJctition trirb befagtcr 9}Qt^ 
crfud)t, bie Sonftructiou ber betveffenben ©tvajje in gvroagung ju 3iet)en unb bcni <StabtrQtI)e eine bic§bcjiig= 
Iid)c Orbinanj ju unterbrciten. Sic petition niuf; Don Seuteit beren ©runbbefi^ an ber betr. ©trafec 
gelegcn ift, unterfc^rieben fcin. 



^od) @inreid)una ber petition tnirb biefelbe nor bcm ^atl)c ucrlcfeii,nummerirt, mit bcr Uiitevf^rift bc§ 
^Prafibciiten bcfngtcii 9Jatl)cy ticr)cJ)c:i iinb nii bcu SUaCciuKoiiimiffiit bcriinefcn. 2ct;tcrci- liijjt eii;c ilaxic, 
mcld)e bie ©tra^e unb aQcs cingrenscnbe ®runbeigcntl)iiin, foraie bie S^bl)c bc§ Don bcii ^Ifjcfiiircn gcfdiot^tcn 
5Bertf)e§ jeigt, onfcrtigen, cbenfo Idfet er awd) bie ©trnge lUDenireu unb ciiicu .Qofteiumf^rog fiir ben 33au 
bevfelben ^ctfteQeii. 

3ft bic§ gcfc^e^cn, fo iviitb aiif Sefiirroortung bc§ (21rai;cn=(5Dninii|ldr§ Hom SRatbe fiir offcntlidic 
iVrbeffenuigcn ein SJag beltimmt, an tnelcbem ber ^Bon bcr ©trafte in (frrodgung gejogen tnirb. 

®er ^nljnlt ber 'petition tcirb nuf jtnci 3Bod)en in ben beiben offijicflen Sf'tmiflcn in gnglifd) unb 
^eutfd) publijirt. ^u biefcr 'Jlnjeige finb bie iutereffirten ©runbbcfi^er eingclobcn, jur beftinimtcn 3c't unb 
Stunbc nor beni 3iati)i fiir offentlic^e 3>erbefferungeu gu cr)(^eincn unb ber 3.!erl)anbhing bcijutoo^nen. 

SBotlen ©runbbefi^er gcgcn bieOcffnung ober *8erbcftcrung einer ©trafee proteftircu, fo niiiffcn fie cincn 
ioldien ^^rotcft ju bcrfelbcn 3^'' '" f-'Cldicr bie ^Petition in (^rrodgung gcjogcn mirb bcni flfntije uitcrbrcitcn. 

Die (Srabirungen unb .Q'reujroegc (Crosswalks) on iiffentlidicn Serfcl^rSmegen mcrbcn non bcr Etabt 
bc-,ablt. 

l)a bie ©lunbbcfigcr an ber jn baucnbcu ©trajje nur 2.>% bcs 20ertl)c§ be§ ©ruubcigcut^umS ju 
bcja^Ieu broud)en, refp. miiffen, fo gcfd)ic[)t c§ oft, bafe an Strafecn bei meldjeu biefcr Don ben 9If)efioren 



beftimmte SBerll) 311 niebrig ift, ber SRot^ fiii 6ifentlid)e Scrbefferuiigcit ben S3au ber ©trafeeii in ber 
3?orau§feluing rccommiinbirt, bofj bieSigcntI)unicr bcii fogenaiuiten Excess freiraillig brjal^Icn. 3}?it bicfem 
Excess ift cigentlid) bcv Uiitcrfdiicb 3roifct)eii ber ©amine tDcld)e gcfetilic^ bon ben 6igent£)umern coUectirt 
tuerbcn fann nnb ber Summe ju toeldfter ber Sail ber ©trafee, mit 9lu§na^me ber ©rabirung iinb 
^vcn3rocge Deranfdjiagt ift, genieiut. 

^itt ^ctfpicf: 

5lngenonimen, ber Qbgefd)iiWe SBcrtI) be§ ©rnnbbefiiicS betrtigt (icl)t dollar? per j^ront guf; nnb ber 
^oftcnprcifi be§ ©trafeenboiis fci Uier dollars per gufj, fo tann ber betrcffcnbe (5igentl)iimcr gefcjjtid) 
gcjiDungen lucrben sroei SoflarS per gufe gtcic^ 25% pon ad)t 2)o(lnr§ jn bejablen, loaljrenb er bie iibrigcn 
jmei 2)ollor§ pro gront gufj freimillig aufbringen foil. 

®cr 9icit() fiir 6ffentlid)e 93erbeffcrungen belcilligt nieift 60 5Iage inncrt)alb berer bie betreffcnbcn 
©rni'.bbcfi^er ein ©c[)reiben einreid)en follen in tucldn'm fie fid) Dcrbinblid) nindicii bie in ryxcqe ftcbcnbe 
©nnnne ^u bc^nblcn. 

®n§ cinjubinbigenbe 3>evbinblid)feit§fdjreiben foflte folgenbcrnuifeen Innten : 



iffiir, bie Unterjcic^netcn, Dcrpfliditcit iiii§ ^icrmit 5,000 SDoIIarS nis freimifligen 33eitrag juni 58aii bcr 
©raiib ?beiuie, jmifdjeii 3J!iaini luib 6()evofee ©tvafee, ju bejal)len. 

3ft bie§ gefc^eljeii, fo tann ber 9}at^ ben Stabtberorbiieten eiiie Drbinaiij unteibrciten. 

9tod)bem bie Orbiiinnj bom ©tcibtrat^e poffirt unb Dom a)Jflt)or miter3eid)nct ift, finb bcngigeiitljiimevn 
nod) 20 jEoge bcmiOigt urn bie erniQ()iite ©limine (Excess) beim ftabtifdjeu ©d)a^meiftcr ju beponireii. 
i^erfe^Ieii fie bie§ 511 tfjun, fo ift bie Drbiiianj mill unb iiid)tig. 

9{ad)bem has erroiif)nte @elb bcponirt ift, !ami bie 9lr6eit on ben 2)Jinbeftbietciiben nergeben tnerben. 

Ser Sail mirb luitev ber Seitiing imb 9liiffid)t be§ ©trn^en-gommiffarS aii§gefii()it. 'Jlad) Seenbigiimj 
beffelbeii mivb bie 3(rbeit genoii uermcffen, eiiie 3firf)"u>'9 iucld)e ode geiuuicii I'hific ber oiiggefiiljrtcn 
SScrbcffenmgen jcigt, aiigcfertigt. Seljtere mirb oit haS ©pecicit ©tciicramt (Special Tax Departiueut) 
bermiefcii. ^ier merben bie 9}ed)ninigen gegen bie betreffcnben @runbbcftt?cr niiSgefc^ricbcn iir.b bem 
ftabtifci^en 5Bud)fii&rcr (Comptroller) eingeljaubigt, Don luelc^em fie ber betrcffcnbc Goiitractor erljdlt luii 
fein ©elb git coHectiren. 

Sen 6igeiit^limern merbcii, nnd^bem bie 9tcd)niiiigen frdfentirt finb, 30 3;aae beroilligt bie ©djiilb ju 
tilgeii. 'Jladj Scrlaiif bicfcr 30 Sage jieljt bie nid)t bejatjite Summe einen 3i"Sfi'6 ^on 10% per annum 
unb nac^l^rlauf Don fed)§ aJtonatcn 15% 3infen. 



S)ie n\d)\ eingelofte ©c^ulb iBirb jiir ^t)pot^et unb ba§ ©runbftiid fcinn niif 9liitrielj be§ Unteriiel^merS 
offcntlid) iicrfouft merbcn urn bie IRcd&niing ju Iicjotilen. S3erjQt)nnig§fri|'t bctrcigt jtuci Sofji^f- ^IQe 
bcjafjitcii afccftnungeii fiir foIcf)c 5Irbcitcii folltcii nod) bem Sureau bc§ goitiptroIIevS genomnipn tcerben, 
baiiiit bie ©d)u(b bon ben 23ud)erii geI6fd)t luevbeii fann. 

®a bie jii^rlic!^ bom ©tabtrat^e gemadjte SSerroilligung (appropriation) fiir beii ©tro^enbau oft fel&r 
gering oiiSfttnt, fo ift e§ beii ©ninbbcfihcni erloubt cine ©trafee ober ©affe ouf cigcne JJoftcn jii bauen tticnit 
fie nflmlid) fiir bie ©rabiningen imb fi'vcusnjcge (Crosswalks) felbft bcjQ^lcn. @§ ift tjicvju cin SrlQubniB= 
fd)cin (Permit), roelc^er ooni Siatlje fiir i)ffentlid)e a>crbcfferungcn QitSgefteQt roirb, erforberlid). ^ebod) 
uiivb ber Sau unter ber 3luffid^t be§ ©trafecn=(5omniiffdr§ aiiSgefii^rt. 

Sbeiifo {bnnen Don berfelbcii Sc[)i3rbe (5r(aiibniBfd)einc fiir ©rabirungen Don StroBen eriangt loerben, 
jcbod) nui6 ber ^Ipplicant jur (Jrlaiiguiig foldiev grlaubnij; eine ©iimme Don nid)t menigcr nl» $250.00 im 
ftiibti)d)cu Stabtamte ()interlcgfn unb cine Siirgfd)aft bon $500.00 fteHen, urn bie ©tabt fc^obloS gu ^iilten. 

3ft bie 9lrbeit ju ber 3ufi''fffnl)f'* ^c^ ©trofeen^KommiffarS bodenbct, fo mirb ba§ beponirte ®elb 
jiiriicferftattet. 



^cparafurctt. 

2)ie ;^a£)rmege afler 6ffcntlicf)fii ©troBeii tncvbcn Bon bcr ©tobt in SJeparntur crf)altcii. ©eiteimege 
(Sidewalks) luib 'baS ^^laftcr bcr ©affcn (Alleys) mcrbcii ouf 9Intric& bcS Strafeen=Ronnni|fav§ Don ben 
@iaent[)umerii aiif bcren .Soften repavirt. 

giir bie 9teconftructioii uon offentlid)eii SSerte^rSroeijen fonneii bie 6igeiiU)umcr iiur bi§ jur .J^olje Hon 
25% Com obgefcfta^tcn Bertfje i{)rc§ betreffenben ©runbbefi^cS tnjirt inerben. 

glecttiicl)c Sampcn jur Scleud)tinuj Hon ©tragen unb @a|fcn tbnncn aiif '■^Ipplication I}in, oom 9iQtl)e 
fiiv offcntlidie Setbcfferungen erlongt rocrben. SlpplicationSfornnilare befomnit mnn Horn Supervisor of 
Lighting, beffen Surcau fic^ in bcr Stabt^aUe befinbet. 



GLENCOE 
Lime and Cement Co 



TELEPHONE No. 749- 



Manufacturers and InpoRTERS. 

Office, 107 N. Ninth Street, 

ST. LOUIS, no. 



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